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“And it’s important not to impose an egocentric predetermined form—instead allow the message to determine the best form of transportation.” Jen Percy on thesubversive possibilities of form and function. | Lit HubCraft
Helen Lederer considerswhat it takes to be funny: “Seeing the world we live in reflected back at us from an absurd prism of ruthless observation can offer instant recognition and a feeling of our own relevance and even joy.” | Lit HubCraft
“Our age difference, the Law Professor told me, was Socratic: seventeen years. An ideal gap for ideological instruction.” Read fromAnika Jade Levy’s new novel,Flat Earth. | Lit HubFiction
PATTI SMITH’S MOST INTIMATE MEMOIR
The National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids returns with a radiant memoir, ranging from childhood, through her years of marriage and motherhood, to rebuilding her life after profound loss—writing and creating through it all.
“Perhaps the only thing the Proud Boys and antifa have in common is their attachment toFight Cluband by extension to the Cacophony Society and SantaCon.”Chuck Palahniuk explains what went wrong with SantaCon. | Vulture
From The Bourne Supremacy to Captain Phillips to The Lost Bus, The Greengrass Papers by Tom Shone is the first in-depth book about the methods and inspirations of one of cinema’s great disruptors. “Unique and fascinating.” –Michael Mann
